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Talisman :: Talisman (n.) Hence, something that produces extraordinary effects, esp. in averting or repelling evil; an amulet; a charm; as, a talisman to avert diseases..

Forfend :: Forfend (v. t.) To prohibit; to forbid; to avert.

Averting :: Averting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Aver.

Averter :: Averter (n.) One who, or that which, averts..

Averruncate :: Averruncate (v. t.) To avert; to ward off.

Deprecate :: Deprecate (v. t.) To pray against, as an evil; to seek to avert by prayer; to desire the removal of; to seek deliverance from; to express deep regret for; to disapprove of strongly..

Depulsory :: Depulsory (a.) Driving or thrusting away; averting.

Forefend :: Forefend (v. t.) To hinder; to fend off; to avert; to prevent the approach of; to forbid or prohibit. See Forfend.

Charm :: Charm (n.) Anything worn for its supposed efficacy to the wearer in averting ill or securing good fortune.

Beaverteen :: Beaverteen (n.) A kind of fustian made of coarse twilled cotton, shorn after dyeing..

Defray :: Defray (v. t.) To avert or appease, as by paying off; to satisfy; as, to defray wrath..

Averted :: Averted (imp. & p. p.) of Aver.

Avertiment :: Avertiment (n.) Advertisement.

Avert :: Avert (v. i.) To turn away.

Paragrandine :: Paragrandine (n.) An instrument to avert the occurrence of hailstorms. See Paragr/le.

Shield :: Shield (n.) To avert, as a misfortune; hence, as a supplicatory exclamation, forbid!.

Travertine :: Travertine (n.) A white concretionary form of calcium carbonate, usually hard and semicrystalline. It is deposited from the water of springs or streams holding lime in solution. Extensive deposits exist at Tivoli, near Rome..

Deprecatory :: Deprecatory (a.) Serving to deprecate; tending to remove or avert evil by prayer; apologetic.

Expiation :: Expiation (n.) An act by which the treats of prodigies were averted among the ancient heathen.

Avertible :: Avertible (a.) Capable of being averted; preventable.

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